Professional Teaching Resources

MORE RESOURCES COMING SOON!

Professional Learning Networks:

• A PLN Prezi by Mike Ritzius
• 16 Resources about PLNs from Education Goddess, Shell Terrell!
• Building a PLN: Building a Professional Learning Network - Courtesy of Kristen Swanson

Philosophy:

• Teaching Philosophy

Research & Articles:

• NCTE's "Writing to Read: Evidence of How Writing Can Improve Reading"
• Social Media and Mobile Internet Use Among Teens and Young Adults -- Pew Research Center Publications (Shared by K. Baggs)
• Teaching by Texting Starts to Take Hold
• "100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media in the Classroom" - Online University
• Time - Should Schools Bribe Kids.pdf
• The School of One Program .pdf
• INteractive Tools Matter MOre than Teaching Methods
• Homework Had No Impact...Except in Math

Great Teaching:

• The Secrets Behind Great Teaching
• Instructional Strategies Online - An overview of effective strategies to use in the classroom
• Flipping Your Classroom

Responding to Students:

• Diagnosing and Responding to Student Writing
• New Site Helps Reading Challenged Students

Keeping Kids Engaged at the End of the School Year:

• What Do You Do To Keep Students (& You!) Focused Near the End of the School Year? -- Blog post by Larry Ferlazzo
• What Do You Do On The Last Day of Class? - Blog Post by Larry Ferlazzo

Motivating Students:

• Larry Ferlazzo on Motivating Students
• What Motivates You? By Web 2.0 Classroom
• Engaging your audience

Literacy:

• LEXILE FRy Dale-Chall.doc
• YA Lit in Cntent Areas.pdf

Reflection and Growth:

• A Prezi Guide to an Effective School -The Reflective Student, Teacher, and Principal (By: Larry Ferlazzo)

Passion:

• Engage Me of Enrage Me! - Lisa Nielsen
• Dan Pink: Two Questions That Can Change Your Life
• Dan Pink's Speech on Motivation -- DRIVE -- Animated! Courtesy of K. Swanson's Blog

Summer Projects and Professional Development for Educators:

• What Will You Learn This Summer - Courtesy of Shell Terrell

Student Behavior:

• Modeling Classroom Behavior with Student Videos - Courtesy of Larry Ferlazzo
• 10Tips_ClassroomManagement_Edutopia.pdf
• 5 Essential classroom management tools for teachers

Constructivism & Project Based Learning:

• The Integrated Studies Program @ CCTS ISP: A Prezi by Mike Ritzius
• Project Based Learning: Edutopia: Project-Based Learning

21st Century Skills:

• Tools+for+the+21st+Century+Teacher[1].pdf

Great Videos on Management, Leading, Learning, etc. -

• Best Year Ever